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Overview

Classification: Chianti Classico DOCG

The palate is generous and powerful with a fine yet firm tannic structure. It is remarkable for its complexity and elegance as well as its personality, which displays perfectly the synergy between the variety and the terroir.

Region:

ITA - Tuscany

State:

Imported

Country:

Italy

Winery Tasting Notes

Grape Varietals

Sangiovese 90%, Malvasia Nera and Colorino 5%, Merlot 5%.

Colour

Deep ruby red in colour.

Aroma

The wine displays an aromatic bouquet of red fruits (cherries and plums) and spice.

Palate

The palate is generous and powerful with a fine yet firm tannic structure. It is remarkable for its complexity and elegance as well as its personality, which displays perfectly the synergy between the variety and the terroir.

Winemaking Notes

All vineyard work from pruning, leaf plucking, bunch thinning and harvesting is carried out by hand. The wines are fermented in cone-shaped stainless steel vats (at 29 degrees Celsius), which yield excellent color extraction, sweet and elegant tannins and preserve the aromatic components of the wines. The wines are transferred to French oak barriques following the alcoholic fermentation with the malo-lactic fermentation following immediately and remain there for 12 months. The personality of the Fonterutoli wines has been perfected over the years through constant research and innovation in complete respect of the estate’s culture, history, and accumulated technical experience.

DOC/DOCG

Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) was the first Italian quality assurance label for wines in 1963, and in common with the French AOC, specifies the geographical area, permitted grape varieties and minimum alcohol level. It may also stipulate the production method, including minimum ageing.

Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOCG) wines must meet all DOC requirements, must be bottled in the region of production, and are subject to a Ministry of Agriculture tasting. Each bottle will carry a numbered seal of approval.

Vintage

2008

Region

ITA - Tuscany

Grape Style

Sangiovese

Closure Type

Cork closure

Alcohol

13.8%

Winery Profile

Fonterutoli is located 5 km south of Castellina in Chianti (Siena), on the hills facing the Val d'Elsa, in the heart of the Chianti Classico. Owned by the Mazzei family since 1435, it still retains its original form, that of a tranquil country village: a cluster of houses, the church of San Miniato and the villa, built at the end of the 1500s where the medieval castle once stood.

Today, the estate boasts a total surface area of 470 hectares, of which 79 are devoted to specialized vineyards, divided between four areas: Fonterutoli, Siepi, Badiola and Belvedere, located at between 230 and 500 meters above sea level and exposed to the south and southwest.

The soil structure is the result of the disintegration of limestone and sandstone boulders and is very rocky, so much so that Fonterutoli wine is also known as "vino dei sassi", or rock wine. These conditions require respect for the delicate environmental balance and a production volume of less than 40 hl per hectare, which guarantees high quality and a distinctive character. The vineyards perfect exposure to sunlight, the excellent pedological and microclimatic conditions and the density of the vines, progressively brought up to over 7,000 plants per hectare, result in the production of complex, elegant and powerful wines.

The character of the wines of the Castello di Fonterutoli has been perfected over the years thanks to continual innovation, in harmony with the wineries culture, history and heritage of technical expertise.